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NEW EXGL-\XD FARMER. 



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HrXGAEUN GR.4SS, HCNGAKIAN MlLLET,(Pan- 



icum GeiTnankum,) haa been cultivated to consid- 



erable extent in this coun- 

 try, from seed received 

 from France through the 

 U. S. Patent Office. 



It is an annual forage 

 plant, introduced into 

 France in IS 15, where its 

 cultivation has become 

 considerably extended- It 

 germinates readily, with- 

 stands the drought re- 

 mjirkably .remaining green 

 even when other vegeta- 

 tion is parched up, and if 

 its development is arrested 

 by dry weather, the least 

 rain wiU restore it to vigor. 

 It has numerous succulent 

 leaves, which furnish an 

 abundance of green fod- 

 der, very much relished by 

 aU kinds of stock. It is 

 shown in Fig. 2. 



It flourishes in some- 

 what light and dry soils, 

 though it attains its great- 

 est luxuriance in soils of 

 medium consistency and 

 well manured. It may be 

 sown broadcast, and culti- 

 vated precisely like the 

 varieties of millet. 



This grass is thought to 

 contain a somewhat higher 

 percentage of nutriment 

 than the common millet, 

 though I am not aware 

 that it has been analyzed. 

 It is a lea^ plant, and remains green until its 

 seeds mature, and is no doubt valuable for fodder, 

 both green and dry, growing and maturing in 

 about the same time as common millet. From 

 twenty-five to thirty bushels of seed to the acre 

 have been obtained. 



drj- sheds and stables. They are yet in one error, 

 however, by making their subles too dark. These 

 apartments should be well glazed, for two rea- 

 sons : light is as important for the comfort of 

 animals as it is for men. The eve of a horse, or 

 an ox, or cow, will suffer from teing taken firom 

 a dark room into the light, as much as that of a 

 person. In the second pkr- - '• will be 



more gentie in a light stabk . can see 



what is going on around the: „.. ...cy will in 



a dark one, where every sound products fear, and 

 fear brings ugliness. 



There is another point in favor of glazed win- 

 dows in stables, especially if those windows are 

 BO arranged as to admit the sun's rays. They in- 

 troduce much warmth, which, as I have said,' is a 

 saving of food to animals. I have found by ac- 

 tual observation, that there is a diderence of eight 

 or ten degrees in the temperature of a stable 

 amply lighted by south windows. Who is willing 

 hereafter to do without them ? 



Jan. 8, 1863. WiLLi.\iC Bacos. 



Fi£. i. Uaagarun Gnas. 



For th-? Xeic Enalnnd Farmer. 



Wi-NTKTtTTfG STOCK. 



It is an admitted truth with all farmers, that if 

 stock is in a healthy and thriving condition at the 

 setting in of winter, an important point is gained 

 toward carrj-ing them through the winter. K they 

 are in good, high flesh when the cold season sets 

 in, it is so much gain to their healthfulness, for. 

 the more flesh, the greater warmth the animal 

 possesses ; and the more warmth it po.«scsses, the 

 less food is necessary- to keep it in thriving order. 

 This farmers have found to be so true, that they 

 use all precaution to give their animals warm and 



EXTKACTS AST) KZPUXS. 



LATINO DOWX AX AaCEDrCT. 



I wish to lay down an aqueduct of about six hundred 

 rods, and I want some one to inforni me w;ie:her it will 

 be policy to lay logs, and if so. wh?T -:-T"i f timber? 

 Can I use cement safely ? T' ; .-od ? 



Will it bear a pressure o:' - :, or 



eTen more : Who will tak ;.ent, 



and warrant it to work well over » i^.^ii y^u suU^-crer 

 hills and through hollows, to supply a vili ig«. and then 

 conduct it from house to hotis.-? : What kind of a res- 

 ervoir would be necessary, and how built, to sapplr 

 about twenty -five families, arc *>" -he-ip tr i -^irable ? 

 Some say iron, lead, cr r .' ' ■■^ery 



way. But will not the iut^ : r.ied 



for that kind of pipe keep . _ . ; we 



want water ? Any informatior. v,& luc >j _cv; wiU be 

 rerv acceptable, either bv letter or through '.tf: Farmer. 



Inuimrgh, Vt., 1863. " S. Stanford. 



A CROP OF TtTRXIPS. 



I give you an account of my French turnip patch. 

 It contained ■22A rods of land, aE-". :'! ;" " j.- jo-'-d for 

 was to keep the world toeether. ' what 



kelp I could draw from the seas':. itter 



it was dried a little, in the mon:;. . .-u I let 



it lie till the month of July ; went over -^in a hand 

 rake, and then crossed it off e-s'-h ^':'^. •'^'iviiij the hills 

 2 feet, 4 inches one " ".fr. allow- 



ing one pUn: to sta- ■? up ferst 



rate, and grew well. tneisured 



up l'>4 bushels of g>iod Qierca..!iU>LA :— --.^js '. 



South Haiuom, Feb. 2, 1S63, Silas De.vha«. 



BARIET. 



I should like to know what k:r - ' ' -" • :* best to 

 raise for market, snd the price " machine 



for separating one kind of eraiii 



Sorth Clarendon, Vt. ~ J- >■ HoLDES. 



Remarks.— There are several varieties of barley, 

 but we know of no one among the number that is es- 

 pecially preferable to others. Where ycu can fend good, 

 plump seed, and the crop was a liberal one, there shomld 

 be no hesitation in using it. 



The sieves intended for cleaning grain are &«■» 

 S 2.7-5 to S7.00, — the latter including sieves for beans 

 and peas. 



ONIONS. 

 Will come oo* mftwm mc what the best kind Of 

 onion is to produce a large crop: S- a. «. 



Laicrenct, 1963. 



